Two round trips between Tokyo and Alibaba's cave 
All Nippon Airways (ANA) is operating two freighter round trips between the airport of Hangzhou (HGH), home of Alibaba, and Tokyo (NRT). The B767F service (50 t capacity) is provided in response to increased demand for transportation services with the growth of cross-border... more
First westbound route with smart container
Far East Land Bridge (Felb) is teaming up with European technology provider PEOPLE to demonstrate new standards in green logistics by using smart Container2.0 and future oriented technologies. The Eurasian railway operator recently finished a transportation service with this... more
First Malaysian freight service into Nanning
On track with its network expansion plans to increase destinations within the Asia-Pacific markets, Raya Airways recently marked the entry of its freight services into the city of Nanning, the capital of the autonomous region Guangxi Zhuang in southern China - a first for a... more
More aero engines via Hong Kong and Singapore
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl), is making a bid to increase Hong Kong’s involvement in the movement of aero engines by setting up a new aero engine handling centre at the airport. Handling already an average of two units per day, which often weigh over 8 t and... more
Impact of cyberattack slows down
Its outstanding financial performance in Q1/2021, ahead of other carriers in a bull market, did not save South Korean HMM from become the target of a virus attack. This is another landmark after the incidents concerning Maersk in 2017, Cosco in 2018 and CMA CGM in 2020. This... more
Joining forces to create locomotives
Rusano, Russian Railways (RZD) and Sinara have formed a partnership to develop trunk and shunting freight locomotives using power plants based on electrochemical hydrogen fuel cells in conjunction with lithium-ion batteries. RZD will act as a potential customer for... more
Chipolbrok`s great anniversary
Chinese-Polish shipping company Chipolbrok is celebrating its 70th anniversary. In the early 1950s, the People's Republic of China formed a start-up with a newly founded POL Polish-Ocean Lines. Both parties invested in it in equal shares of 50% and the contract of cooperation... more
Third life for a "Queen of the skies"
From passenger plane to water tanker - and soon a freighter. This is the career of a "jumbo" that was initially in service with Japan Airlines. In 2016, the B747-400 was converted by a group of investors into the largest water bomber ever. With its 66,200-litre... more
Unprecedented profits continue
The Copenhagen-based maritime consultancy Sea-Intelligence reported that the eleven largest shipping lines generated combined operating profits of USD 13.3 billion in H2/2020. Results for the large shipping companies remained equally strong in Q1/2021. While the first... more
Korean Air's longest flight ever
Thanks to Covid-19, Korean Air flew its longest non-stop flight since its establishment in 1969 using one of the 16 passenger planes it has converted into freighter aircraft by removing passenger seats. Flight KE8047, one of 8,300 cargo-only flights Korean Air operated... more